N-Europe's Top 10 (Voting over, check first post for results)

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I know I'm a day late, but bugger it I've had a drink and I want to write about some of my favourites.

The GBA was a magnificent little console btw, and its mid life upgrade with the clamshell design (can't remember the name) is possibly the finest console I've ever owned.

Fire Emblem GBA! Dont know if it is because it was my first FE, but to this day I think it's the best fire emblem. It's lean compared to later entries, has none of the current melodramatic shit, and still had the beautiful sprite work. They had another one on the console but it was terribly balanced.

Metroid Fusion - often derided, but it really works as a first metroid. Shout out to Samus X as well - shits all over dark Samus.

Some others:

Sapphire - Great game

Superstar saga - great game

Advance Wars - really great game. More depth then I appreciated at that age.

Harvest Moon - Time sink

And though I didn't play it until years later - Mother 3. Masterpiece that game, criminal it never got released over here.

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I'm actually surprised Oracle of Seasons was there at all. I figured most people would gravitate towards Ages and give room for more distinct games.

Regardless, I'm always glad to see a list with a couple of unexpected entries thrown into it. Stranded Kids doesn't appeal to me, but I'm glad to see it land where it did.

2 hours ago, S.C.G said:

the write-ups in each article are spot-on.

Yeah, about that... In the Wario Land 3 entry, there's a paragraph I'm sure I wrote (the one that mentions Metroidvania and a bar of dynamite), but it's not bolded at all, so it looks like Glen-i or DCubed wrote it. A slip of the mind, I'm sure, but it's still a significant typo (of sorts).

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Yeah, about that... In the Wario Land 3 entry, there's a paragraph I'm sure I wrote (the one that mentions Metroidvania and a bar of dynamite), but it's not bolded at all, so it looks like Glen-i or DCubed wrote it. A slip of the mind, I'm sure, but it's still a significant typo (of sorts).

Sorry about that, its fixed now, the quotation starts and ends at the right places.

(or it will appear fixed in a few minutes once it updates)

Damn, and I thought I'd gotten away with not editing the article after posting first time for once.

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Releasing in 2002, everyone's favourite lunchbox marked Nintendo's jump to CD's. It's purple, it's cute, it's got a handle! What's not to love about the Gamecube? While it might be nowhere near Nintendo's most successful console, there's no denying that the Gamecube had some impressive software going for it. It also had the best controller ever. Don't bother arguing, I won't listen. But the controller isn't a game, so we have to nominate 5 other things about the Gamecube.

Game Boy Player is not eligible for nomination. Don't try and be clever.

Future Console Warning!

When we get to the Wii, you will not be able to nominate The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. The game was designed as a Gamecube title first and foremost, so it will only be able to be nominated for this console.

Nominations close on the 15th of June

I've also updated the opening post with the GBC top ten article.

Here is a list of Gamecube games if you want to remind yourself of what this console had, but be careful to not choose a game that would break one of the above restrictions.

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Thank you, I'm sorry I have to be so firm about it. But I can't have people trying to signal boost some games that they won't nominate themselves. I get that there's plenty of great games people have to cut out of their list, believe me, I've been there plenty of times already. But the 5 nominations rule is to narrow down choices to what people think is the absolute pinnacle of that console.

Do feel free to discuss other people's nominations though.

I tell you what though, from now on, I'll provide a link to a list of Gamecube titles (and all future consoles once we get to them) so people have the opportunity to find some games that they may have overlooked.

Be careful with that though, because it does include games that are banned from this nomination.